Artificial candle



- I and more particularly to artificial candles;

Patented May-11, 1926. I

- uNirEns-TATEs moon 1: nosmmnne, or cauonsnune, useu ABTII'ICIAICANDLE.

Application filed mama, 1925. Serial m. 8,120. f

This invention relates to artificial candles which are adapted to burn aliquid fuel.

An object of this invention'is to provide manent body formed in thedinary candle which can" be decorated or colored in any desired mannerand which is adaptedhto be used in any stick. 1

A further object is to providean' artificial' candle of thetype setfoith'adapted to container .or cartridge which.

receive a fuel can. be easily replaced by a fresh container whenthefuelth'erein is exhausted. A still further object is torprovide a liquid fuel which is particularly adapted for use with an artificialfcaudlefor thejmrposeof providing a colored flame.

I c A still further objectfis to provide an ar- I v tificial candle ofthe type described which Y manufacture, durable in will be cheap toconstruction and-easy and simple to use.

These and other objects which will be ap parent to those skilled in thisare accomplished by means of this invention,

one embodimentof which is shown in the accompanying drawings, inwhich-Figure 1 is a vertical transverse section through a device,showing one form of this invention. 'Fig. 2 is a similar view of areplaceable fuel container or cartridge which is adapted to be used inconjunction with the candle shown in Fig. l; and, Fig. '3 is a similarview of cured to the fuel container.

, The particular embodimentjof thisinvene purposes tion which has beenchosenforth of illustration includes a hollow bodymemher 5 which ispreferably formed of one piece and has the upper end thereofshaped tip6, having a" central In order to adapt the rigid to" various sizedcandle sticks, a p such pliable material as rubber, I like, is insertedin the lower'open end of I the hollow-bodyniember ordinary.

j WVherethe metal-or some material which will not; be in- -]U1'8d by theheat of, the flame, theQfuel can particular art latter from the heat ofthe fl I closed by the a wick supporting nozzle adapted to be semostdesirable is a example, fasvniethanol; I as metal-,or glass a flame-of.any desired color can'be produced solventasalt which. i

.will impart the desired cork, or the 1 of borax will burn with I I Iand 'h'asa tampered crossscction similar-to the bottom, of an; or-

dinai.y.5candle so that it will 'vai'ious sized candle sticks. a candleof the typeset-fOrthhaving a perq shape of an 'or-Y'I I inserted in thecandle stick t I distance to'completely hide the plug 8 inorrcsemblance'bf Hidde- A shoulder 9 is providder to complete the vicetothe ordinary. candlesi v outer bodymeinberis formed of be placeddirectly within the body member thereof. ;However, I preferably provi ea replaceableufuel, containing i.

I I is adapted to be threaded or otherwise secured to the top of thecartridge in place of the ordinary cover, 14 which comes uponthe latterthelnippl'e'extendsthrough the opening 7 of the body memberfin order Iam'e, when the latter is formed of glass .or other which mightbe injuredthereby. r

en the fuel is. removed and the nipple fresh cart-ridge wh within the jbod 12 secured to a ymeinberwl ose end resilient plu 8. I

itself burns with acolorlessflame such, for

by dissolving in such a I I color to'theflame. h a case thecolor of the"flame is due to protect the material While-any form of fuel may be usedthe 4 fuel which will burn with a colored flame. In order to providekaliquid fuel which willburu withsuch flame itis firstnecess'ary to'provide, a fuel .wl'iich a v .Ihaveffoundf that and the -wick insertedin the openin 7 ,75 and the end of 1 is exh'austedthe czirtridge ich canbe easily inserted to t e presence of the volatilized salt in the otherwse colorless flame of the liquid. 7 t It is well knownth at analcoholicsolution a green ,flam'e. The

color of the flame will not be very intense,

unless the alcohol and the boraX are first warmed together, preferablyin-the presence the wick. For example a concentration of approximately.5% of LiCl in'methanol will burn with a red flame Other salts which maybe usedeither separately or in the same solution are those of sodium,potassium, rubidium,. casesium, calcium, strontium, barium, copper orthallium. Since very little of the salt is required the solubility ofall these in methanol, for example, is sulficient for the production ofa colored flame, the color of which depends upon the salt used. Thesolvent or fuel may, as above pointed out, be of any single liquid orliquid mixture which burns wit-h a colorless flame. This is essentialbecause if the flame isluminescent its color wili mask the colorimparted by the volatilized salt. The salt must be dissolved and notsuspended in order that ift will be drawn up the wick with the "liquidue I What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. An artificial candle having in combination a hollow body memberprovided with an open lower end and an upper end shaped to form a candletip having an opening therethrough, a removable fuel cartridge adaptedto be inserted through the lower end of saidbody member and providedwith a wick supporting extension projecting through the opening in Saidtip, a wick supported therein and aremovable'resilient plug in the lowerend of said body member forming a base therefor and adapted to supportsaid cartridge with its extension in predetermined spaced relation tosaid candle tip.

2. An artificial candle having in combination a hollow candle shapedbody member provided with an open lower end and an upper end shaped toform a candle tip having an opening therethrough, a removable the lowerend of said body member and provided with a separable wick supportingextension projecting through the opening in said tip, a wick supportedtherein and a removable resilient plug in the lower end of said bodymember forming a base therefor and adapted to support said cartridgewith its extension in predetermined spaced relation to said'candle tip.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 6th day ofFebruary, 1925. I

JACOB r. nosnusnne;

fuel cartridge adapted to be inserted through

